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December 23, 2025

Identifying brain-penetrant small-molecule modulators of human microglia using a cellular model of synaptic pruning – McCrea and Batorsky et al. [1]  Published May 9th, 2025,…

December 18, 2025

DRUG-seq, first published in 2018, has transformed how pharmaceutical, cosmetics, agritech, and AI drug discovery companies screen compounds for on- and off-target effects, mechanisms of…

December 18, 2025

In recent years, the convergence of CRISPR gene editing and high-throughput screening methodologies has revolutionized genomic research. While the toolkits to edit individual genes have…

December 18, 2025

As a researcher performing large-scale drug-discovery, genetic perturbation, or toxicogenomic screens, probe-based targeted gene expression profiling assays like Templated Oligo assay with Sequencing (TempO-seq™) from…

August 25, 2025

Determining the most suitable transcriptomic technology to drive your large-scale compound screen, clinical study, or to assess a panel of genetic perturbations can be a…

August 22, 2025

Understanding the transcriptomic impacts of new compounds on cells is essential in drug development and toxicology. This process helps researchers evaluate a drug’s on- or…

May 28, 2025

RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) is an indispensable tool in the drug development pipeline, enabling researchers to explore gene expression profiles, uncover mechanisms of action, and identify…

May 9, 2025

With a growing number of published 3’ mRNA-seq methods now available, researchers have more choices than ever for high-throughput and cost-effective transcriptomic screening. While broadly…

May 2, 2025

3’ mRNA-seq technologies are gradually revolutionizing high-throughput bulk transcriptomics.

April 4, 2025

For researchers in pharma, biotech, or academia looking to uncover the mechanisms of action, cytotoxicity, or possible on- and off-target effects of drugs in their…

April 4, 2025

For researchers performing drug discovery, drug repurposing, toxicogenomic screens, or CRISPR screens, the end goal is often to uncover mechanisms of action, determine on- and…

April 2, 2025

The Joint Undertaking in Morphological Profiling-Cell Painting Gallery (JUMP-CP) is a large-scale, high-content imaging reference dataset created with the Cell Painting technology that assesses the…

March 18, 2025

Large-scale perturbational profiling is time and cost-intensive, so it’s crucial to compare the capabilities of different technologies to help plan and design experiments efficiently.

February 24, 2025

DRUG-seq is a cost-effective, high-throughput bulk RNA-seq library preparation method for compound screening in drug discovery and development (Ye et al., 2018; Li et al.,…

January 22, 2025

MERCURIUS™ DRUG-seq is a rapid, cost-effective, RNA-extraction-free bulk 3’ mRNA-seq method. It provides ultra-high-throughput studies, such as drug discovery and toxicogenomic screens, with unbiased, transcriptome-wide…

November 5, 2024

DRUG-seq is a novel high-throughput, cost-effective RNA-seq method for drug discovery (Ye et al., 2018; Li et al., 2022). Researchers have used DRUG-seq and similar…

November 5, 2024

Determining the transcriptomic effects of novel compounds on cells for large-scale therapeutic or toxicology screens is a critical component of drug development pipelines, allowing researchers…

November 5, 2024

Microarray-based Clariom™ assays from Applied Biosystems™ are a potential option for gene expression profiling studies when looking for a scalable technology to integrate into drug…

November 5, 2024

Probe-based gene expression profiling methods, such as Affymetrix™ GeneChip™ microarrays, QuantiGene™ Plex assays from Invitrogen™, and more recently the Clariom™ GO Screen, were a mainstay…

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